2007

The Joint Meeting of the Youth Programme and Adult Resources networks (Kandersteg, 29.11-02.12) was an event aimed to “set the scene” for the work in these areas in the current triennium, by assessing the past and current situation and developments, considering the strategic plans of the Region as well as the needs of NSOs and proposing the possible working methods, structures and initiatives to implement the Plan and to answer the needs.

Representatives of Scout and Guide associations from Latvia, FYRO Macedonia, Slovakia and Ukraine met with the support of 5 Danish trainers and representatives of the European WOSM and WAGGGS regions in Kiev from 22 to 25 November for the final meeting of the Leadership Capacity Building Project in Eastern Europe.

Following completion of its new Youth Programme, the Scout Association of Macedonia started developing its new training system. A Forum was an important step in that process, with the aim to set the framework and propose the process for the development of the new training system.

Following on from the Long Term Project on Growth, the first meeting of the Growth Network took place in Berlin, Germany, over the weekend of 5 to 7 October.
26 people from a wide variety of associations were present. Growth is clearly important to these associations, as only a small number had been previously involved with the Long Term Project on Growth.

From 17-21 October the 10th CMC took place in Banska Stiavnica - Slovakia.
In St. George Scout House a total of 78 Centre Managers, Senior Staff of Centres, Board Members of Centres and staff of the European Offices of WAGGGS & WOSM gathered for an intensive 4 days of sharing, discussing and learning.

The castle of Jambville (Training Centre of the “Scouts et Guides de France”) hosted the launching of the Scouts of the World Award in France on October 20-21, an initiative that aims to prepare young adults for world citizenship. Every year, the Scouts and Guides of France support hundreds of international solidarity projects, which now have the opportunity to be part of the Award. Opened to Scouts and non-Scouts from 15 to 26 years, the Scouts of the World Award includes three principal themes which aim to improve living conditions on our planet: Environment, Development and Peace.

September 21st. was very important for all Lithuanian youth organizations. This was the day that the Youth Council celebrated its 15th birthday with a conference and festival.

Very successful Training Commissioners Network Meeting was held from 13 to 16 September 2007 in the Glodowka Scout Centre, in Poland. Aim of this Network Meeting was to provide space for sharing experiences and establishing partnerships between National Training Commissioners.

The Annual Conference on Development Cooperation 2007 was held in Geneva last Friday 14th September in the presence of approximately 2000 guests, including many young people and school classes. The Conference, organised by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in partnership with the Swiss Coalition of Youth Organisations, was devoted to the theme of youth and dialogue between generations and across cultural boundaries. The motto of the Conference was “Youth and Development: Seize the Opportunity - Now!”

CNGEI (Corpo Nazionale Giovani Esploratori ed Esploratrici Italiani – Italian Open Scouting and Guiding) celebrated the Centenary of Scouting in Rome, from 6th to 9th September.

On the 1st of September the Romanian Scouts were voted the NGO that makes the most impact in Romanian society and were awarded with a prize of almost 10,000 euros. Ionut Oprea, Director of Romania's largest blog agency, launched the campaign in which people could vote online between the 20-30 August.

From the 5th to the 7th October the first meeting of the Growth Network will take place in Berlin.

The 19th European Scout Conference was held in Portoroz, Slovenia from 5 – 11 May 2007. More then 200 delegates participated and the full Report is now available.

On Wednesday, 4th July we had our sixth meeting of European Scouting and members of the European Parliament. Marian Harkin (MEP) hosted the meeting.

On Wednesday 20th June, the President of Croatia Stjepan Mesic made paid special tribute to the Scout Association of Croatia (SiH).

At its meeting in Geneva from 8-10 June 2007, the European Scout Committee noted Resolution 09/2007 'Open Working Methods' from the 19th European Scout Conference and decided to issue an Open Call as a matter of urgency. This followed wide discussion on the areas of work as well as general methods of working that will be used in order to achieve the European Scout Plan 2007-2010.

Four weeks after the 19th European Scout Conference, the newly elected European Scout Committee met in Geneva from 8-10 June 2007. All elected Members were in attendance and worked through a substantial agenda. Mario Diaz from the World Scout Committee also participated, as did the Chairman of the European Scout Foundation. The meeting was supported by the Regional Director.

The Long Term Capacity Building Project in Eastern Europe is initiated and guided by the Danish Scout and Guide Council, and supported by European Region WAGGGS and WOSM - European Region.

The Planning Team for the Training Commissioners Network Meeting met during the weekend 2 - 3 June to prepare the Meeting.

Tailor-made training for the national leadership

Scout leadership in Romania is young and has problems in managing the Association. Recruitment for the national team ensured new generation of leaders, which needed knowledge and skills on management and team building. On their request, two members of the Management Training Team provided the training for the national leadership from 18 to 20 May 2007, in Bucharest.

After more than one year of work, the “Action for Growth” report was launched at the European Scout Conference two weeks ago in Slovenia.
Now this version is available as a PDF-file here on the Internet….

A new committee was elected for the term 2007 till 2010.

The new Chairman of the European Scout Committee is Craig Turpie from the United Kingdom. The Vice-Chairman is Marios Christou from Cyprus.

The other members of the committee are Joao Armando Gonçalves P. from Portugal, Zorica Skakun from Serbia, Henrik Soderman from Finland and Paolo Fiora from Italy.

This year in recognition of the Centenary of Scouting, an unprecedented 50 postal operators in Europe are producing EUROPA stamps with the theme of Scouting. To facilitate this the European Scout Region and PostEurop are working to support activities across Europe.

BELGIAN SCOUTS & GUIDES CELEBRATE 100 YEARS OF SCOUTING

On Sunday 29th April 95,000 Scouts and Guides from the five Belgian associations celebrated the Centenary in Brussels. Aged from 6 to 76 they camped around the city on Saturday night only to converge on city parks on Sunday to participate in activities celebrating Scouting.

We hope you registered for the European Guide and Scout Conference.
We are looking forward to seeing you in only 5 days at Pororoz, Slovenia!

For more information concerning the content of this years' conference, please download all conference documentation here.

Here is more information on the conference venue

The Triennial Report (2004 - 2007) is online and can be downloaded.

This important document shows you the achievements and successes, challenges and solutions of the work of Scouting in Europe from 2004-2007.

Download now!

22 young people, representing 11 national Scout associations, met in the beautiful setting of Kandersteg International Scout Centre to exchange and share their ideas and dreams for the future of the movement.

Read more on the Dare to Dream web-page

2007 is not only the centenary of Scouting but also marks 20 years of the EU sponsored Erasmus Programme, so WOSM, WAGGGS and the Erasmus Student Network have formed a partnership.

Meeting for the South East European (SEE) Scout Associations took place between 23-25 March 2007 in Castel Fantast in Becej, Serbia. In the meeting participated 22 representatives from 8 SEE Scout Associations and 8 representatives from other European Scout Associations (Finland, Italy, Sweden and UK).